Mr. President. if the Chinese can be made amenable to such discipline as this by refusing to register. they can be made amenable for any other refusal that mayresult from an astutely fra med statute. This being a political matter. a matter of administration. the United -States can pass a law that any Chinam n who refuses to conform to the ordinances of San Francisco shall be deported. or that any Chinese person over 45 years of age shall be deported. There is no limitation. thepowerof this Government is absolut3 over these people politically and administratively. because the law is a justification unto itself and can not be judicially executed. Again. if you can proceed. under the decision of the Supreme Court. against all the Chinese in this country. you can proceed. as this act does. in some respects. against a certain class. If you can do that. you can proceed against one Chinese by special legislation of this character. You can enact that certain men. supposed to be members of the Six Companies. shall be deported. If any one should establish a Chinese newspaper in this country. and it was not agreeable. you can enact that any man establishing and editing a Chinese newspaper shall be deported. or any other act or omission. however innocent. however indifferent in the general current of political or social concerns. can be made the standard. and. the law being a justification unto itself. and the merest instrumentality of the executive power of the Government. the Chinese against whom the blow is directed can be deported.
Identified stereotypes
Chinese people are easily controlled and manipulated through legislation.